I’m developing a flash based photo booth application. The application runs on a system with only a touchscreen monitor – no keyboard or mouse.
I currently have it set up so that users can email their customized picture when they’re finished, but I was hoping to allow users to post their image to Facebook as well.
I’ve downloaded the AIR desktop Facebook API and have successfully connected to Facebook, but what I can’t figure out is how to get rid of the login/authentication pop-up while logging in to an account.
Is there any way to script the user login directly?
The problem I have with the pop-up is that it’s in a completely different window than my application and not controlled by the “soft” onscreen keyboard I have in my application (because it’s running on a touchscreen with no keyboard or mouse).
Does anyone know of any way to post to Facebook from a Flash/AIR application without the pop-up authorization window?
As always, any help would be greatly appreciated.
After much looking and trying I’m 99% sure (I’m still holding on to a little hope!) that what I want to do is not possible.
You can not allow users to log in to there Facebook account and post pictures to their wall from a Flash .exe or desktop AIR app using the Facebook desktop API on a kiosk-type system that uses only a touchscreen with no keyboard or mouse. The log in will open in a new window and you will not be able to send input to it – obviously any onscreen keyboard you may have in your app will not input to the new window.